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the obama campaign has released video of president obama giving a short speech to a young staff and volunteers at his campaign headquarters in chicago. the emotions of a long campaign come rushing over the president. >> even before last night's results, i felt that the work that i had done in running for office had come full circle. because what you guys have done means that the work that i'm doing is important. i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of all of you. and what you've -- [ cheers and applause ] >> great moment at end of a long campaign. you'll remember the president also got as by nostalgic and teary during his final campaign rally monday night in des moines, iowa. >>> the man responsible for a horrifying shooting rampage in tucson, arizona, that left six dead and 13 others wounded, including former congresswoman gabrielle giffords, has been sentenced to seven life terms in prison. in a dramatic courtroom scene, gaby giffords and her husband mark kelly came face to face with the gunman who altered their lives and so many others that morning in january of 2011. nbc's miguel alm
the obama campaign has released video of president obama giving a short speech to a young staff and volunteers at his campaign headquarters in chicago. the emotions of a long campaign come rushing over the president. >> even before last night's results, i felt that the work that i had done in running for office had come full circle. because what you guys have done means that the work that i'm doing is important. i'm really proud of that. i'm really proud of all of you. and what you've --...
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president obama said that the private sector is doing just fine. this is the obama imaginary recovery. >> well, despite their efforts to focus squarely on jobs in the economy todd akin of missouri forced republicans into a national conversation about the hot button social issues of abortion and rape. yesterday paul ryan said he would follow mitt romney's lead on the issue of abortion. >> proud of my record, mitt romney is going to be the president. the president sets policy. his policy is exceptions for rape, incest, life of the mother. i'm comfortable with it because it's a good step in the right direction. >> congressman ryan was pressed to explain the meaning behind the term forcible rape which appeared in legislation that he cosponsored. with a group of other republicans. >> you sponsored legislation that has the language forcible rape. what is forcible rape? >> rape is rape. rape is rape period, end of story. >> so that forcible rape language meant nothing to you at the time? >> rape is rape. and there's no splitting hairs over rape. >> the bi
president obama said that the private sector is doing just fine. this is the obama imaginary recovery. >> well, despite their efforts to focus squarely on jobs in the economy todd akin of missouri forced republicans into a national conversation about the hot button social issues of abortion and rape. yesterday paul ryan said he would follow mitt romney's lead on the issue of abortion. >> proud of my record, mitt romney is going to be the president. the president sets policy. his...
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she's very much unlike obama. obama is an intellectual, harvard law school review. she's somebody coming out of a populist tradition. they're different candidates. >> but she's very proud of that, cheri. she takes pride that she's not p barack obama, she didn't come out of harvard and chicago school of law. >> yes. you heard her listing her experience, her experience is more than barack obama had before he ran for president. and that's just a fact, whether you like the fact that she quit her job halfway through as governor, there were some other concerns with the family and in terms of what she wanted to do. the one thing that's unique about her obviously is the fact that she's a woman. women historically are subjected to the accusation that they aren't tough enough or mean enough and they can't handle battle. what we're hearing so far about this book and what we heard from sarah palin, i think she's tough enough and that's what she's proving to everybody. it would be a fascinating race. she's kind of done a lot for women in that regard. i don't think that anybody c
she's very much unlike obama. obama is an intellectual, harvard law school review. she's somebody coming out of a populist tradition. they're different candidates. >> but she's very proud of that, cheri. she takes pride that she's not p barack obama, she didn't come out of harvard and chicago school of law. >> yes. you heard her listing her experience, her experience is more than barack obama had before he ran for president. and that's just a fact, whether you like the fact that she...
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coming up, president obama back out on the trail to shore up support for his deficit plan. and when we come back here, we will huddle around the water cooler. we will pay contribute the utah to a founding member of the way too early family. how are you getting to a happier place? running there? dancing there? how about eating soup to get there? campbell's soups fill you with good nutrition, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. >>> back now on way too early, clear not just a clever name, north carolina is under a state of emergency as that state try toes recover from a devastating cluster of tornados. while tornado clusters are rare, they can have a devastating effect. if you want to sound smart today, tell your friends the super tornado outbreak of 1974 with 148 twisters in a 16-hour period is still considered the worst tornado event in american history. that's according to the national weather service which notes that those tornados traveled more than 2,500 miles killing 330 people in 1 states. >>> enoug
coming up, president obama back out on the trail to shore up support for his deficit plan. and when we come back here, we will huddle around the water cooler. we will pay contribute the utah to a founding member of the way too early family. how are you getting to a happier place? running there? dancing there? how about eating soup to get there? campbell's soups fill you with good nutrition, farm-grown ingredients, and can help you keep a healthy weight. campbell's. it's amazing what soup can...
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so there's a gender gap in favor of president obama among women. and a dead heat, there's obviously going to be a gender gap in favor for men in favor of romney. this is going to be a close election. but long-term, conservative principles, if they're to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today. >> with us now, msnbc "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, co-author of "game change" about the 2008 campaign. mark, you really braved the storm to be here, my man, thank you. >> just call me linda richman. "coffee talk." >> the weather's made me verklemt. i'm doing this in a poncho. >> let's reset the campaign, not much going on because of the weather. a new abc/"washington post" poll this morning shows essentially a statistical tie as we head into tomorrow's big speeches. what is the theme of this convention, where are we, let's just kind of set this for the audience. >> they're going to try to do two things here. they're going to try to tell their version
so there's a gender gap in favor of president obama among women. and a dead heat, there's obviously going to be a gender gap in favor for men in favor of romney. this is going to be a close election. but long-term, conservative principles, if they're to be successful and implemented, there has to be a concerted effort to reach out to a much broader audience than we do today. >> with us now, msnbc "time" magazine senior political analyst mark halperin, co-author of "game...
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look, these folks are opposing president obama because opposing president obama is good politics in a republican primary where, you know did -- i wrote about this this week, michael. i think it's important. every dismisses donald trump. he's a joke. here's the lesson. be confrontational. fight on all fronts at all times against the president, because that's what the republican primary electorate wants. they do not want any compromise. they just don't. >> but it's not the way you win a general election. i've been saying, jonathan, 40% of country is ready to vote for president obama. 40% ready to vote against him regardless of the selection. this is all about the 20. i don't know this plays into the hands of the 20. >> which is why it's going to be very interesting to see if daniels gets into the race. look what he says said on the news regarding the israelis and palestinians. much more tempered than the other republican contendants. >> he said on my radio show yesterday. >> good plug. >> that's a segue right there. >> yes. and i think politico picked it up. thank you for that. me with
look, these folks are opposing president obama because opposing president obama is good politics in a republican primary where, you know did -- i wrote about this this week, michael. i think it's important. every dismisses donald trump. he's a joke. here's the lesson. be confrontational. fight on all fronts at all times against the president, because that's what the republican primary electorate wants. they do not want any compromise. they just don't. >> but it's not the way you win a...
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that from the obama campaign. david corn of mother jones says more clips from that fundraiser will be released today. joining me now by phone, national affairs editor, msnbc political analyst and the co-author of the book game change, john heil man. good morning to you. >> good morning, willie, sir. >> how bad is this for mitt romney? >> caller: it's pretty bad on a scale of one to ten. its hard to take it out of context, willie. as you know, things have been -- for the last week if you think about the remarks on libya, the story in politico about campaign infighting. now this thing. although it's from a fundraiser earlier. it contributes in the sense that the campaign is coming unglued. it gives the obama campaign a powerful talking point. i think, look, people here, the quote in the tape where he says i'll never convince them, referring to the 47%, i'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives, that sound condescending and contemptuous. there's an awful lot of senior
that from the obama campaign. david corn of mother jones says more clips from that fundraiser will be released today. joining me now by phone, national affairs editor, msnbc political analyst and the co-author of the book game change, john heil man. good morning to you. >> good morning, willie, sir. >> how bad is this for mitt romney? >> caller: it's pretty bad on a scale of one to ten. its hard to take it out of context, willie. as you know, things have been -- for the last...
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president obama is up. in old dominion the latest washington post poll has president obama hanging on to a four-point lead. last month it was an eight point spread in virginia. in the buckeye state, a new ohio news poll has it dead even 49-49. any advantage the president had, five points, is now gone. on the trail yesterday mitt romney forced to change course his self because of the storm. after canceling three rallies in virginia, he teemed up with his running mate in ohio telling supporters only a ryan/romney could bridge the divide. >> we have to reach across the aisle. we have to find good democrats. democrats love america too. we have to reach across the aisle, find ways to bring in people from the other party, work together, collaborate, meet regularly and fight for the american people and we will. >> with democrats hammering mitt romney's opposition to the auto bailout especially in ohio, the republican candidate using a new ad to counter punch on what could be a decisive issue. >> who will do more f
president obama is up. in old dominion the latest washington post poll has president obama hanging on to a four-point lead. last month it was an eight point spread in virginia. in the buckeye state, a new ohio news poll has it dead even 49-49. any advantage the president had, five points, is now gone. on the trail yesterday mitt romney forced to change course his self because of the storm. after canceling three rallies in virginia, he teemed up with his running mate in ohio telling supporters...
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let's re-elect our great president barack obama! >> hey, hey, hey, she says! still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your e-mails are next. jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts, more events, more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with the citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] oh, hey alex. just picking up some, brochures, posters copies of my acceptance speech. great! it's always good to have a backup plan, in case i get hit by a meteor. wow, your hair looks great. didn't realize they did photoshop here. hey, good call on those mugs. can't let 'em see what you're drinking. you know, i'm glad we're both running a nice, clean race. no need to get nasty. here's your "honk if you had an affair with
let's re-elect our great president barack obama! >> hey, hey, hey, she says! still ahead on "way too early," why are you awake? your e-mails are next. jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi card to get the benefits of private pass....
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barack obama is having his august slump in june. so what they're hoping is that he's getting it out of the way. when the exact voters that will decide this election are tuned out. and these voters are getting impressions of these guys, they sort of soak in, but these few voters and rahm emanual, the mayor here has said it will come down to five states, 500 precincts, those few voters are watching the details of president obama's struggles. >> they'll be tuning in closely over the next few months. and if the economic numbers, the jobs numbers continue to tick down, the president will have obviously a bigger problem. so now he's using sort of a local strategy as you guys are reporting it at politico? >> well willie, you mentioned the local interviews that he's doing, separately from what the president does, the campaign and this is where we're seeing the advantage of obama have the months, years to build his campaign right over here it's just outside the shot in the prudential building, a couple of blocks away where 700 kids all with
barack obama is having his august slump in june. so what they're hoping is that he's getting it out of the way. when the exact voters that will decide this election are tuned out. and these voters are getting impressions of these guys, they sort of soak in, but these few voters and rahm emanual, the mayor here has said it will come down to five states, 500 precincts, those few voters are watching the details of president obama's struggles. >> they'll be tuning in closely over the next few...
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. >>> meanwhile, first lady michelle obama has released an open letter to parents on the white house web site, urging them to teach their children the "value of tolerance" in the aftermath of the shooting. >>> doctors treating congresswoman gabrielle giffords are praised her recovery, saying she's able to keep her eyes open for as long as 15 minutes, and she can move her legs and her hands. in an amazing news conference yesterday, they called her progress a "major leap forward," but expressed caution saying that for now they would not upgrade her from critical continue. >> let me start back with the basics. she's still holding her own. she's still following simple commands. for me that tells me that that higher brain center is working. but as you heard from the president, she's starting to open her eyes spontaneously. i'm glad you heard that from him because it really puts a human side to this progress. i even heard reports that last night she was beginning to open her eyes with nothing more than the tv on in the room. and maybe it was the tv was tuned to the president's memorial. i'
. >>> meanwhile, first lady michelle obama has released an open letter to parents on the white house web site, urging them to teach their children the "value of tolerance" in the aftermath of the shooting. >>> doctors treating congresswoman gabrielle giffords are praised her recovery, saying she's able to keep her eyes open for as long as 15 minutes, and she can move her legs and her hands. in an amazing news conference yesterday, they called her progress a...
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obama is celebrating with a trip to a five-star resort in spain. we'll tell you how the president is celebrating his day. not quite as exciting with lunch with senators. >> it is wednesday, august 4th, ooum chuck todd. >> i'm savannah guthrie. the news in the gulf would have been unthinkable a few months ago, but now the administration says nearly all of the oil is no longer there. >> the vast majority of the oil is gone. it was cleaned up, it was burned, it was skimmed, it was contained. mother nature did its part. it really is good news. >> ann thompson is nbc's chief environmental affairs correspondent live in venice, louisiana, and she's moving, that's right, she's on a boat this morning. so ann, as you go along in the oil-free waters there, what's the caveat here? the administration is out thing the fact that three quarters of the oil is gone but nobody know what is the impact is. >> reporter: right. you still have the 26% that is in the water, and it is 26% of the very large spill. that's over 1 million barrels of oil that are still basically
obama is celebrating with a trip to a five-star resort in spain. we'll tell you how the president is celebrating his day. not quite as exciting with lunch with senators. >> it is wednesday, august 4th, ooum chuck todd. >> i'm savannah guthrie. the news in the gulf would have been unthinkable a few months ago, but now the administration says nearly all of the oil is no longer there. >> the vast majority of the oil is gone. it was cleaned up, it was burned, it was skimmed, it...
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president obama supported the uprising, correct? president obama called for the removal of gadhafi. make sure we're talking about the same thing before i say yes i agree or no i didn't agree. i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason. no, that's a different one. i got to go back. got all this stuff twirling around in my head. i would have done a better job of determining who the opposition is, and i'm sure that our intelligence people had some of that information. based upon who made up that opposition, okay, based upon who made up that opposition might have caused me to make some different decisions about how you anticipate. >> he got there. just took the long road. cain's campaign says the video is being taken out of context, noting that their candidate was operating on just a few hour's sleep. cain tried to down play the stumble while campaigning at the green bay packers game last night >> nothing happen. i mean, they asked me questions about libya and i paused to gather my thoughts. it's really complimentary to document my pauses. it's a pause. that's al
president obama supported the uprising, correct? president obama called for the removal of gadhafi. make sure we're talking about the same thing before i say yes i agree or no i didn't agree. i do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason. no, that's a different one. i got to go back. got all this stuff twirling around in my head. i would have done a better job of determining who the opposition is, and i'm sure that our intelligence people had some of that information. based...
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and some israeli leaders said president obama improved israeli relations with the u.s. >> president obama, concerning the major issue of security, i think it's highly satisfactory record from an israeli point of view. >> i should tell you honestly, that this administration, under president obama, is doing in regard to our security, more than anything that i can remember in the past. >> meanwhile, at home, the presidential race is being fought over olympic-themed ads. priorities action usa, pro-president obama super pac out with an ad featuring olympics footage. now a pro-romney pac is responding with an ad of its own, demonstrating how the former governor righted a ship to save the salt lake city games. >> as an athlete, you are training your whole life for that one moment at the olympics. >> but america's winter olympics, mired in scandal and o debt. they turned to mitt romney. >> they turned a deficit around to a $100 million surplus. >> romney delivered the olympics safe and secure. >> it changed my life. >> mitt romney allowed a huge sense of home. >> it allowed athlete s like myself
and some israeli leaders said president obama improved israeli relations with the u.s. >> president obama, concerning the major issue of security, i think it's highly satisfactory record from an israeli point of view. >> i should tell you honestly, that this administration, under president obama, is doing in regard to our security, more than anything that i can remember in the past. >> meanwhile, at home, the presidential race is being fought over olympic-themed ads....
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this is from the obama campaign. >> i'm barack obama, i approve this message. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney, taking on our enemies no matter where they nest. >> that actually was from the obama campaign. that was not stewart or colbert. still coming up, why you're awake? "morning joe" is moments away. [ male announcer ] there are only so many foods that make kids happy. and even fewer that make moms happy too. with wholesome noodles and bite sized chicken, nothing brings you together like chicken noodle soup from campbell's. it's amazing what soup can do. yeah. then how'd i get this... [ voice of dennis ] ...safe driving bonus check? every six months without an accident, allstate sends a check. ok. [ voice of dennis ] silence. are you in goo
this is from the obama campaign. >> i'm barack obama, i approve this message. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, dennis kozlowski, criminals, gluttons of greed and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> big, yellow, a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about, it's sesame street. >> i'm going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >>...
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while the obama campaign says it is not connected to the comments, adviser robert gibbs did offer some advice to mitt romney. >> we could put all this stuff to rest tomorrow. mitt romney can go to kinko's, he can photocopy his tax returns. there are several hundred pages. he could hand them out to people like cnn. he could hand them out to reporters all over the country, and you know what, we wouldn't talk about this tomorrow. we wouldn't say is he paying taxes, what's he paying? the whole world would know exactly what loopholes he's taking advantage of. >> so, if you see mitt romney at kinko's, snap a picture with your cell phone with his tax return. meanwhile, both campaigns are looki looking to the jobs report last week which saw twice as many jobs added as last month and more than 100,000 than analysts expected. however, there are still signs of weakness as the unemployment rate remains stubbornly high. >> we've had 42 straight months with unemployment over 8%, and this was the president who said that if we passed his stimulus bill, we'd never go above 8%. that's 23 million america
while the obama campaign says it is not connected to the comments, adviser robert gibbs did offer some advice to mitt romney. >> we could put all this stuff to rest tomorrow. mitt romney can go to kinko's, he can photocopy his tax returns. there are several hundred pages. he could hand them out to people like cnn. he could hand them out to reporters all over the country, and you know what, we wouldn't talk about this tomorrow. we wouldn't say is he paying taxes, what's he paying? the...
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president obama will hear from republicans in person later this afternoon. congressional leaders from both parties heading to the white house to discuss economic proposals, and that ought to be interesting. >>> on the kpainl trail, mitt romney is also stressing the importance of reducing the country's debt in his first trip back to iowa since the january's caucuses. the presumptive nominee addressed what he called a, devote, spreading inferno of economic problems. >> a prairie fire of debt is sweeping across iowa and across the nation. and every day that we fail to act, that fire gets closer to the homes and the children we love. now, you know also this is not solely a democrat or republican problem. the issue isn't who deserves the most blame. the issue is, who is going to do what it takes to put out the fire? subprime mortgages, they came close to bringing this economy to its knees. this debt is america's nightmare mortgage. it's adjustable, no money down, and assigned to our children. and politicians have been trying to hide the truth about this nightmare
president obama will hear from republicans in person later this afternoon. congressional leaders from both parties heading to the white house to discuss economic proposals, and that ought to be interesting. >>> on the kpainl trail, mitt romney is also stressing the importance of reducing the country's debt in his first trip back to iowa since the january's caucuses. the presumptive nominee addressed what he called a, devote, spreading inferno of economic problems. >> a prairie...
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. >>> president obama's 2012 budget proposal was unanimously voted down yesterday. democrats joined republicans in opposing that plan arguing that the president essentially had abandoned it when he presented new proposals for reducing the deficit in march. the vote on that was 97-0. >>> even president clinton chimed in on the budget saying the hochul win in new york was definitely a referendum on ryan's medicare plan but the democrats still need to work on a plan to bring down costs. >> i'm afraid the democrats will draw the conclusion that because congressman ryan's proposal, i think is not the best one, that we shouldn't do anything. i completely disagree with that. there's lots of things you can do to bring down medicare costs. >> at an event held by the pete peterson foundation, abc news cameras caught a moment between president clinton and congressman ryan where they were discussing that new york 26al seat. president bill clinton and congressman paul ryan there. marco rubio also weighing in releasing a video op-ed in the miami herald where he endorses ryan's pl
. >>> president obama's 2012 budget proposal was unanimously voted down yesterday. democrats joined republicans in opposing that plan arguing that the president essentially had abandoned it when he presented new proposals for reducing the deficit in march. the vote on that was 97-0. >>> even president clinton chimed in on the budget saying the hochul win in new york was definitely a referendum on ryan's medicare plan but the democrats still need to work on a plan to bring down...
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is obama care president obama's iraq war? he's equating a law designed to give 30 million americans health care to the tragedy of the iraq war? you can fix a website. you can't get back the lost lives of an unwarranted war. and how's this for exaggeration? republican senator jim inhofe who recently had successful heart surgery said this. >> you know, you're talking to someone right now who probably wouldn't be here if we had socialized medicine in america. >> it's the scare tactics and the fear mongering we've heard from the start. death panels, it's going to kill granny, it's communism or socialism. it's time to get out of that made-up universe and get in touch with reality. joining me now is dana milbank and joan walsh. thank you for being here. >> hi, reverend. >> thank you. >> joan, the president admitted there's a problem and that there are problems with the health care website. but he also made it clear the website is not the policy that will give health care security to millions of americans. what did you make of it? >
is obama care president obama's iraq war? he's equating a law designed to give 30 million americans health care to the tragedy of the iraq war? you can fix a website. you can't get back the lost lives of an unwarranted war. and how's this for exaggeration? republican senator jim inhofe who recently had successful heart surgery said this. >> you know, you're talking to someone right now who probably wouldn't be here if we had socialized medicine in america. >> it's the scare tactics...
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. >> he's running an ad in this state saying that, saying that president obama made the companies go bankrupt is now -- gave the industry the italian who's are selling it to the chinese. whoa. whoa. as we say in my faith, bless me father for i have sinned. i mean what are you talking about? i have never seen anything like that. it's an absolutely patently false assertion. >> the obama campaign countered with an auto ad of its own to drive the message home. >> i'm barack obama and a prove this message. >> when the auto industry faced collapse, mitt romney turned his back, even the conservative detroit news criticized romney for his wrong headedness on the bailout and now after romney's false claim of jeep outsourcing to china, chrysler itself refuted romney's lie. the truth, jeep is adding jobs in ohio. mitt romney on ohio jobs, wrong then -- >> let detroit go bankrupt -- >> -- dishonest now. >> the obama campaign arranged for president clinton to make stops in minnesota, iowa, colorado, ohio, virginia, new hampshire, and wisconsin all before this race is over. we've got a new "washin
. >> he's running an ad in this state saying that, saying that president obama made the companies go bankrupt is now -- gave the industry the italian who's are selling it to the chinese. whoa. whoa. as we say in my faith, bless me father for i have sinned. i mean what are you talking about? i have never seen anything like that. it's an absolutely patently false assertion. >> the obama campaign countered with an auto ad of its own to drive the message home. >> i'm barack obama...
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how big of a break is it for president obama and what does it mean for the speaker? when we come back on "way too early" we are going to go inside david letterman's hould party and see hollywood's biggest name acting badly. we'll be right back. regeneristt a $100 cream. flabbergasted when we creamed a $500 cream. for about $30 regenerist micro-sculpting cream hydrates better than over 20 of america's most expensive luxury creams. fantastic. phenomenal. regenerist. when you pour chunky beef with country vegetables soup over it... you can do dinner. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky. it's amazing what soup can do. ♪ >>> all right. enough with the real news. >> yeah. >> we are going to gather around the water cooler and talk about the political aspirations of an actor. we got an e-mail, valerie likes your slippers. >> it's nice that valerie likes something about me. >> she likes a lot about you. >> it took an entire year. that's for you valerie. let's talk about alec baldwin. he's flirting with a lot of things this year. he's flirted with the idea of
how big of a break is it for president obama and what does it mean for the speaker? when we come back on "way too early" we are going to go inside david letterman's hould party and see hollywood's biggest name acting badly. we'll be right back. regeneristt a $100 cream. flabbergasted when we creamed a $500 cream. for about $30 regenerist micro-sculpting cream hydrates better than over 20 of america's most expensive luxury creams. fantastic. phenomenal. regenerist. when you pour chunky...
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that's compared with the $75 million brought in in the obama campaign in the dnc. july marked the second straight month that romney and the gop have holed in nine figures raising concerns the president will be badly outspent down the stretch. shortly after the numbers were announced, the obama campaign e-mailed this to supporters. "if we don't step it up, we're in trouble." he had a stop in sanford where he launched a new line of attack on the tax plan. >> he'd ask the middle class to pay more taxes to give another $250,000 tax cut to people making more than $3 million a year. it's like robin hood in reverse. it's romneyhood. if this sounds like an idea that's difficult to explain or sell to the american people, you'd be right. so there are all kinds of different gymnastics being performed by the romney campaign last week. they have tried to sell us this trickle down, tax cut fairy dust before and guess what, it doesn't work. >> the romney campaign responded to those words saying, "president obama recently said the biggest regret was not telling better stories, he'
that's compared with the $75 million brought in in the obama campaign in the dnc. july marked the second straight month that romney and the gop have holed in nine figures raising concerns the president will be badly outspent down the stretch. shortly after the numbers were announced, the obama campaign e-mailed this to supporters. "if we don't step it up, we're in trouble." he had a stop in sanford where he launched a new line of attack on the tax plan. >> he'd ask the middle...
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. >>> president obama hopes the s.t.a.r.t. treaty he signed today with president medvedev is a state-of-the-artstart. >> the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty is an important step forward, one step on a longer journey. as i said last year in prague, this will set the stage for further cuts in going forward, we hope to pursue discussions with russia on reducing weapons. >> chuck todd, nbc news/white house correspondent is live in prague. what a day you've had. let's talk about what they have achieved so far and according to the briefings, what you think might be achieved. chuck, would you bear with me, i know you're busy in prague, but we're going to go to west virginia. >> the timetables is what i think you need to know and what to expect, about what timetable to expect things so the people who are watching and praying, so they can have a timetable. with that, i'll turn it over to chris. he can explain to you, show you on a map what they've done and what timetable before something new would be started or the rescue and recovery efforts wo
. >>> president obama hopes the s.t.a.r.t. treaty he signed today with president medvedev is a state-of-the-artstart. >> the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty is an important step forward, one step on a longer journey. as i said last year in prague, this will set the stage for further cuts in going forward, we hope to pursue discussions with russia on reducing weapons. >> chuck todd, nbc news/white house correspondent is live in prague. what a day you've had. let's talk about what they...
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as you know, president obama will be here. george w. bush will be here. mayor bloomberg and former mayor giuliani as well to dedicate this national 9/11 memorial and museum. to really surround these two resent por pools. people were fighting, saying it should look one way, others say look another. beautiful, two pools. amazing. i have to point out, all the construction workers, about ten minutes ago came down for a moment of silence because some of them will be be here on sunday. came down, in their reflective safety vests, took off they are helmets and sat for a moment of silence, at the end a flag was unfurled at one world trade, the building that will stand. 1,176 feet when it's all said and done. the emotion has begun down here already, chuck. >> willie geist, as ground zero for us today. willie, thanks very much. >> all right, chuck. >>> well, 700 of the nearly 3,000 americans who died in the 9/11 attacks were from new jersey, and so as the nation remembers residents in the garden state joining think neighbors across the river and remain vigilant as
as you know, president obama will be here. george w. bush will be here. mayor bloomberg and former mayor giuliani as well to dedicate this national 9/11 memorial and museum. to really surround these two resent por pools. people were fighting, saying it should look one way, others say look another. beautiful, two pools. amazing. i have to point out, all the construction workers, about ten minutes ago came down for a moment of silence because some of them will be be here on sunday. came down, in...
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the first lady recently attended a game in washington with president obama. the latest installment of the dream treem plays tomorrow against tunisia. look at all those hugs. a sweaty chris paul. she goes right in for the real thing. not worried about any of that sweat getting on her shirt there. great performance out of the first lady. even james harden's beard gets a hug there. >>> it's not just the athletes feeling the pressure at these summer games. family members of the olympians are also hanging on every dive, sprint and vault. one prime example, the parents of aly raisman who suffered through all 48 seconds of their daughter's preliminary competition on the uneven bars. >> come on, aly. come on, aly, you got it. let's go. let's go, aly. let's go. let's go. let's go. let's go. let's go. let's go. let's go. come on. handstand. let's go. come on, aly. come on. come on. come on. come on. catch it! nice. come on. come on. catch. let's go. let's go. catch it! >> stick it, please. >> stick it! stick it! >> yeah! ah! >> that's how i talk to the buffalo bills ev
the first lady recently attended a game in washington with president obama. the latest installment of the dream treem plays tomorrow against tunisia. look at all those hugs. a sweaty chris paul. she goes right in for the real thing. not worried about any of that sweat getting on her shirt there. great performance out of the first lady. even james harden's beard gets a hug there. >>> it's not just the athletes feeling the pressure at these summer games. family members of the olympians...
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or president obama's plan. a balanced approach. $4 trillion in deficit reduction. millionaires pay a little more. >> i'm barack obama, and i approved this message because to cut the deficit, we need everyone to pay their fair share. >>> in other political battlegrounds, ted cruz easily defeated lieutenant governor david dewhurst for u.s. senate in texas. more than 1 million voters cast ballots, a significant turnout for a july election. dewhurst was unable to pull out a victory despite the backing of the majority of the state's republican establishment including governor rick perry. dewhurst spent nearly $20 million of his own fortune on the campaign. still he couldn't contain the momentum of ted cruz who forced the runoff back in may when the lieutenant governor failed to break the 50% threshold to guarantee outright victory. cruz tapped into donations from groups outside of texas and won the backing of favorites like sarah palin and senator jim demint of south carolina. he's now the favorite to win the u.s. senate seat this november. >>> republican congressman st
or president obama's plan. a balanced approach. $4 trillion in deficit reduction. millionaires pay a little more. >> i'm barack obama, and i approved this message because to cut the deficit, we need everyone to pay their fair share. >>> in other political battlegrounds, ted cruz easily defeated lieutenant governor david dewhurst for u.s. senate in texas. more than 1 million voters cast ballots, a significant turnout for a july election. dewhurst was unable to pull out a victory...
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he compared president obama to the chilean miners. >> but barack obama was elected president, he found himself in a hole so deep that he couldn't see the outside world. it was like the chilean miners. but he, being the man that he is rolled up his sleeves and said i'm going to get us out of this hole. >> i almost expected him to say he manned up but that was from something else. >> i'll say that, in my top ten harry reed gaffes, did we were in a deep hole. i don't know if folks listened to him on the debate but that was rougher and that's where it gets to where the messaging problems are coming from. you have an odd situation, true for republican and democratic leadership, they cannot message, they cannot speak clearly. it is absolutely terrifying. and it's created a bit of a problem because the president can do what he can do but it's up to them to get the members on the same page. it's really up to the congressional leaders to provide that here's what our agenda is and here's the way we sell it, and they have fallen on that and it is a problem. reid is a poor communicator even if he'
he compared president obama to the chilean miners. >> but barack obama was elected president, he found himself in a hole so deep that he couldn't see the outside world. it was like the chilean miners. but he, being the man that he is rolled up his sleeves and said i'm going to get us out of this hole. >> i almost expected him to say he manned up but that was from something else. >> i'll say that, in my top ten harry reed gaffes, did we were in a deep hole. i don't know if...
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that's senator obama in december, 2007. among those taking issue with the president's policy, indiana republican dick lugar, a ranking member of the senate who believes president obama's goals are too vague. >> the american people and congress need to hear what our president believes his objectives are. if we are going into a war with libya, we should declare a war on libya. we should pull together with our allies and try to figure out a plan of how that war is to be won. these are things that must be debated here in washington apart from paris or at least encounters with other countries which we say we'll hold your coat. we don't object to what you are up to. >> senator lugar was echoed by jim webb. >> we have a military operation put into play, but not a clear diplomatic policy as a company. we know we don't like the gadhafi regime, but we do not have a clear picture of who the opposition movement is. >>> dennis kucinich raised the possibility of impeach my of president obama over this. he said the president exceeded his
that's senator obama in december, 2007. among those taking issue with the president's policy, indiana republican dick lugar, a ranking member of the senate who believes president obama's goals are too vague. >> the american people and congress need to hear what our president believes his objectives are. if we are going into a war with libya, we should declare a war on libya. we should pull together with our allies and try to figure out a plan of how that war is to be won. these are things...
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we also, as we mentioned, president obama will visit colorado tomorrow. well, less than five hours from now, the supreme court will hand down its ruling on president obama's affordable care act. two years after it is was signed into law. mitt romney, who championed his own health care program says today's decision will tell us a lot about president obama and about who may be the next president. >> my guess is they are not sleeping real well at the white house tonight. that's the way it ought to be, all right. and this is a decision, by the way, about whether or not obama care is constitutional, whether it passes constitutional muster. so we are all waiting to see how the court will decide. we already know it is bad policy and it has got to go. his policies were not focused on creating jobs. they were focused on implementing his liberal agenda. there is nothing wrong with people having an agenda. when the country is in crisis, you have a moral responsibility to focus on helping people come out of that crisis. it was not just bad policy. it was a moral fail
we also, as we mentioned, president obama will visit colorado tomorrow. well, less than five hours from now, the supreme court will hand down its ruling on president obama's affordable care act. two years after it is was signed into law. mitt romney, who championed his own health care program says today's decision will tell us a lot about president obama and about who may be the next president. >> my guess is they are not sleeping real well at the white house tonight. that's the way it...
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night governor christie fired up the republican crowd with a speech that never mentioned president obama by name. in fact, didn't get around to mentioning mitt romney until deep into that keynote. christie did have a tough act to follow as ann romney led off primetime with a personal address to the country. talking about the mitt romney she's known and been married to for 43 years. she spoke directly as well to all the ladies in the house. we'll go through the night at the rnc with john heilman in just a moment. we begin this morning with hurricane isaac, the storm that spared tampa for the most part but is whipping the gulf coast as we speak. at this moment, isaac is a category 1 hurricane with top sustained winds of 80 miles an hour. it made landfall yesterday then backed off a bit and now has made a second landfall. right now a mandatory evacuation order is in place for parts of plaquemines parish in louisiana after water topped several miles of a levee there. officials now going door to door this morning telling people to get to higher ground. again, that's in plaquemines parish. bil
night governor christie fired up the republican crowd with a speech that never mentioned president obama by name. in fact, didn't get around to mentioning mitt romney until deep into that keynote. christie did have a tough act to follow as ann romney led off primetime with a personal address to the country. talking about the mitt romney she's known and been married to for 43 years. she spoke directly as well to all the ladies in the house. we'll go through the night at the rnc with john heilman...
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president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship between the president and bill clinton. during a golf outing in 2011 meant to strengthen the bond between the two, they didn't finish all 18 holes. and after coming off the course, obama allegedly told aides about clinton, quote, i like him in doses. the book notes that the president has come to rely, though, on clinton's advice, but their relationship of course may once again be put to the test as we get closer to 2016 and a possible presidential run by hillary. >>> another turn in the texas abortion law situation. a federal appeals court overturned a lower court's ruling that blocked a series of new abortion restrictions. the ruling lets most of the new limits take effect immediately. means up to a dozen clinics won't be able to perform abortions. the restric
president obama has disdain for rubbing elbows not just reserved for republicans. he could not name his campaign top bunk letters and after meeting with gorm sore rows, he allegedly said if we don't get anything out of him, he would never sit with him again. the book also details the complicated relationship between the president and bill clinton. during a golf outing in 2011 meant to strengthen the bond between the two, they didn't finish all 18 holes. and after coming off the course, obama...
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team obama joked that romney had not hurt the usa. >> there was nothing that i could see that was detrimental, at least not against the president. >> reporter: i'm steve hand ee s handelsman,. >> a three-judge panel is asking to stop -- >> the obama campaign and democratic party is making sure that we can get people the answer to their questions about how to register, about where their polling place is, about what they're going to need to bring to the polls. people can log on to gottavote.org and get the information and the answer to those questions because the democratic party is going to do everything we can to make sure that regardless of whether you speak english or spanish, regardless of where you live, if you are eligible to vote and lawfully eligible to vote, we are going to do everything we can to make sure can you cast that ballot. the republicans are doing everything they can to prevent it. >> don't miss "politics nation," the place for politics. >> to texas where a tea party favorite won the republican nomination for the november election to replace retiring senator kay bailey hutc
team obama joked that romney had not hurt the usa. >> there was nothing that i could see that was detrimental, at least not against the president. >> reporter: i'm steve hand ee s handelsman,. >> a three-judge panel is asking to stop -- >> the obama campaign and democratic party is making sure that we can get people the answer to their questions about how to register, about where their polling place is, about what they're going to need to bring to the polls. people can...
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and though he was careful not to criticize president obama on foreign soil, romney suggested
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call obama. explain it? call clinton." what do you think of how he delivered that message last night? >> it is interesting that the role of the vice president is always on the night of to do a step-by-step takedown of the nominee from the other party. as you said, bill clinton did that over the course of 48 minutes last night. sort of stole the role of joe biden. it will be interesting to see what he does. there has been a thread throughout this, though. michelle obama came out the first night and talked about why she and her husband have lived the american dream. we are you. we don't just feel you. we are you. bill clinton talked about why the other side cannot provide the american dream. now i think president obama will come out tonight and explain why he's the better man to get people to that dream. >> luke, i thought it was interesting last night. the number one word i heard, after the word "i," was bill clinton constantly saying "cooperation." it's a powerful argument because he's talking about an america where we all
call obama. explain it? call clinton." what do you think of how he delivered that message last night? >> it is interesting that the role of the vice president is always on the night of to do a step-by-step takedown of the nominee from the other party. as you said, bill clinton did that over the course of 48 minutes last night. sort of stole the role of joe biden. it will be interesting to see what he does. there has been a thread throughout this, though. michelle obama came out the...
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responding to the house plan saying the president's senior advisers would recommend that president obama would vito babier's bill, but senate majority leader harry reid says the proposal won't even make it to the president. >> speaker boehner's plan is not a compromise. it was written for the tea party, not the american people. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. it's dead on arrival in the senate, if they get it out of the house. the tea party's in the driver's seat for the house republicans now and that's a very, very scary thought. >> speaking on the senate floor yesterday mitch mcconnell was in support of boehner's plan but later in the day was a by bit more candid about that proposal. >> we're going to have to get back together and get a solution here. we cannot get a perfect solution from my point of view controlling only the house of representatives, so i'm prepared to accept something less than perfect because perfect is not achievable. >> and with negotiations still in gridlock white house press secretary jay carney now
responding to the house plan saying the president's senior advisers would recommend that president obama would vito babier's bill, but senate majority leader harry reid says the proposal won't even make it to the president. >> speaker boehner's plan is not a compromise. it was written for the tea party, not the american people. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. democrats will not vote for it. it's dead on arrival in the senate, if they get it out of the...
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is obama implicated in the failure of the super committee? >> you could second guess his actions, but he comes across as part of the problem here, as this rolls out. you can't escape it. you have democrats and republicans not getting anything done. he's the leader of the democratic party. >> meghan, do you think he pays a price for this? >> and i think he needs to start taking culpable for this. i understand it was the congress and the senate taking blame for this, but -- >> but when he had control of the house and senate, a great deal was being done. they weren't deficit hawks. but the numbers on the productivity of the congress under nancy pelosi in terms of the pure amount of legislative lawmaking work that was going on versus this one is not -- >> the debt creation. >> no, no. >> that's your president. that was your president who created that debt. that was your president. >> i got that we accept that -- >> but you haven't accepted that. >> don't sit there and say for the first two years of obama, it was all about bush. i know you like th
is obama implicated in the failure of the super committee? >> you could second guess his actions, but he comes across as part of the problem here, as this rolls out. you can't escape it. you have democrats and republicans not getting anything done. he's the leader of the democratic party. >> meghan, do you think he pays a price for this? >> and i think he needs to start taking culpable for this. i understand it was the congress and the senate taking blame for this, but --...
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president obama also releasing a statement read in part the d.r.e.a.m. act corrects one of the most egregious flaws of a badly broken immigration system. it's not amnesty but accountability and tapping into a pool of talent we've already invested in. today's house vote is an important step in this effort." opponents say it would reward law breaking and encourage more to immigrate illegally. conservatives say it amounts to amnesty. >>> a crucial vote on don't ask, don't tell could be held today. aides say harry reid held off on the vote to win support from senator susan collins, a moderate republican of maine and supports the lifting of the ban but say they need enough time to debate the measure. it would make it difficult to move ahead with the bill in the lame duck session expected to adjourn at the end of next week. >>> the house has also passed a measure that authorizes almost $1.1 trillion in government spending for the rest of the fiscal year. the slimmed down bill funds many of president obama's top priorities but denies him billions of additional
president obama also releasing a statement read in part the d.r.e.a.m. act corrects one of the most egregious flaws of a badly broken immigration system. it's not amnesty but accountability and tapping into a pool of talent we've already invested in. today's house vote is an important step in this effort." opponents say it would reward law breaking and encourage more to immigrate illegally. conservatives say it amounts to amnesty. >>> a crucial vote on don't ask, don't tell could...
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he criticized barack obama. when barack obama said if wee would he have actionable intelligence -- let's be clear, nobody was a moreigh valu rg than oma bn len >>iesean bb nt t. eyppresel ccedhe t'podavid, their message didn't clean up our mess fast enough. as i've said, we've had 11 consecutive months of positive economic growth. 25 consecutive months of positive private sector job growth. >> and this wednesday newt gingrich officially will bow out of the republican presidential contest. the former speaker's announcement first revealed last week but he continued to campaign for several days. gingrich is expected tout his upportehind ttromney. wtinic wll tutf th renweesay hi wk. eredeiacoess ilngve cit hil. us sako very good relationship. as a result, you know, i try to avoid personal attacks on the president. but let me say something, the president's getting some very bad advice from his campaign team because he's diminishing the presidency by picking fights, going after straw men e d. e esenisimornt ecaasigaln
he criticized barack obama. when barack obama said if wee would he have actionable intelligence -- let's be clear, nobody was a moreigh valu rg than oma bn len >>iesean bb nt t. eyppresel ccedhe t'podavid, their message didn't clean up our mess fast enough. as i've said, we've had 11 consecutive months of positive economic growth. 25 consecutive months of positive private sector job growth. >> and this wednesday newt gingrich officially will bow out of the republican presidential...
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. >>> president obama is asking congress to extend the current 10-year term of fbi director robert muller for two more years. officials tell nbc news the move is motivated in part by the president's hope to avoid a partisan battle over muller's successor with an election looming. >>> and bet you haven't seen this while window shopping. it's an ox inside a clothing store in brazil. it had escaped from an overturned truck and it was eventually captured. >>> now a look at how wall street will kick off the day. >> and now here's an early look at how wall street will kick off the day. the dow opens at 12,695 after gaining 65 points yesterday. the s&p inched up 6 points. the nasdaq rose 17. taking a look at overseas trading this morning, in tokyo, the nikkei lost 67 points, but in hong kong the hang seng added 202. >>> thursday was a roller coaster day on wall street as investors nervous about a recovery moved to so-called safe stocks. recently, defensive shares such as health care and consumer staples have been heading upward, suggesting jittery investors aren't bailing out on stocks altogethe
. >>> president obama is asking congress to extend the current 10-year term of fbi director robert muller for two more years. officials tell nbc news the move is motivated in part by the president's hope to avoid a partisan battle over muller's successor with an election looming. >>> and bet you haven't seen this while window shopping. it's an ox inside a clothing store in brazil. it had escaped from an overturned truck and it was eventually captured. >>> now a look...
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she has the support, obviously, of barack obama. i think this is going to -- i think scott brown's in for a rough road. >> let's talk about housing. foreclosures were down 34% in 2011, but that news comes with an asterisk, which is to say, a lot of the reason the foreclosures were down is because some of the questionable foreclosure practices, such as robo signing, seems to have been put on ice, meaning they're sort of reassessing, the housing market is still not great. i feel like the housing question, as we talk about economic recovery, is the big unexplored sort çof, do you explore an elephant in the room? it's the elephant in the room. something we aren't paying enough attention to, certainly in the media, and certainly in terms of the national political dialogue. >> i think president obama has to, as part of his campaign election, he has got to put measure pressure on banks to allow people to stay in their homes. he's got really hard hit, particularly in the midwest, cleveland, places that are really, really hard hit, that ca
she has the support, obviously, of barack obama. i think this is going to -- i think scott brown's in for a rough road. >> let's talk about housing. foreclosures were down 34% in 2011, but that news comes with an asterisk, which is to say, a lot of the reason the foreclosures were down is because some of the questionable foreclosure practices, such as robo signing, seems to have been put on ice, meaning they're sort of reassessing, the housing market is still not great. i feel like the...
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obama should nominate a liberal. and the republicans have a responsibility to give the nominee at least a fair shake. joining me now, john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation." it's already started. all the sound bites of an activist judge. there's nothing more activist than a supreme court saying corporations can give to a political campaign and oh, by the way, the number unlimited. john nichols, how should the obama administration approach this? >> well, the president is a former constitutional law professor. in fact, there was once a time when he might have been considered as a potential nominee. so he ought to take this as seriously as he did the sotomayor nomination. take a good look around. he has logical picks upfront. people like his own solicitor general, alaina kagan. i would recommend he take a look into the senate, itself. there's people like minnesota senator amy klobuchar who is a former prosecutor in the minneapolis area. there are other members of congress, there are state attorneys gener
obama should nominate a liberal. and the republicans have a responsibility to give the nominee at least a fair shake. joining me now, john nichols, washington correspondent of "the nation." it's already started. all the sound bites of an activist judge. there's nothing more activist than a supreme court saying corporations can give to a political campaign and oh, by the way, the number unlimited. john nichols, how should the obama administration approach this? >> well, the...
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he's going to keep saying obama, obama, obama. it is about putting kentucky first. >> kelly o'donnell's nbc's capitol hill correspondent. you were all over these debates. it certainly looks to me as if it was the democrats playing defense at all of these debates which frankly matches the polls. >> reporter: for all the cliches we throw around about these, that is exactly the impression you get, and especially in kentucky. because rand paul, the tea party candidate, just hammered away at the president, his policies, trying to tie them to jack conway who is the state's attorney general. he described himself as a different kind of candidate. he described himself as saying he wants to extend the bush tax cuts. not the typical sort of rhetoric from democrats. if there was any break to that pattern it really came in wisconsin where russ feingold, a democrat who often votes against his party. he is a three-term senator. he was battling with ron john n johnson, also a tea party candidate, millionaire businessman who's funded his own campa
he's going to keep saying obama, obama, obama. it is about putting kentucky first. >> kelly o'donnell's nbc's capitol hill correspondent. you were all over these debates. it certainly looks to me as if it was the democrats playing defense at all of these debates which frankly matches the polls. >> reporter: for all the cliches we throw around about these, that is exactly the impression you get, and especially in kentucky. because rand paul, the tea party candidate, just hammered...
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is president obama failing to articulate a clear message? >>> japanese nuclear workers are making significant progress this morning in bringing the six reactors under control. is dangerous radiation seeping into food and water? >>> and then there's this. if charlie sheen buries the hatchet with cbs for a grand return to prime time, what does it say about us, the audience? good morning, i'm chris jansing. >>> big story breaking. two u.s. pilots are okay after their jet crashed in libya last night. the u.s. mills tear se the fighter jet was not shot down, but crash landed because of mechanical problems. in the third straight night, the pentagon says it's crippled gadhafi's air defenses while the opposition troops appear disorganized. the plan is to widen the no-fly zone and let another nation take the lead, about you that
is president obama failing to articulate a clear message? >>> japanese nuclear workers are making significant progress this morning in bringing the six reactors under control. is dangerous radiation seeping into food and water? >>> and then there's this. if charlie sheen buries the hatchet with cbs for a grand return to prime time, what does it say about us, the audience? good morning, i'm chris jansing. >>> big story breaking. two u.s. pilots are okay after their jet...
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i don't think this is part of an obama doctrine, if you're saying that. i think he does need to consult more broadly with the congress. i think they have reached out and briefed the bipartisan leadership, but i think there needs to be much more consultation with the congress. i think the president has been very fortunate in the fact that congress is in recess this week, but i would imagine that next week it's going to be heightened consultation and communication with the congress. but the key is, he needs to explain more fully to the american people what our goal is, what our strategy is, what's thexi ragynd wtwe ho taomis nes buy-in from the american people. the american people need guidance and listen to their president. we need to have president obama speaking directly to the american people, i believe. >> and he'll probably have to start doing that the minute he gets home today. ken duberstein, thanks so much for coming in today, we appreciate it. >> thanks. >>> be back with the breaking news out of jerusalem, a bomb exploding at a bus stop there in j
i don't think this is part of an obama doctrine, if you're saying that. i think he does need to consult more broadly with the congress. i think they have reached out and briefed the bipartisan leadership, but i think there needs to be much more consultation with the congress. i think the president has been very fortunate in the fact that congress is in recess this week, but i would imagine that next week it's going to be heightened consultation and communication with the congress. but the key...
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and the obama administration. here is his response to me. >> what are the one or two things you expect to be working with in the new administration? >> trade deals. the president has said on numerous occasions he wants to double exports. we'll support him on the export control rules. we'll support him on immigration. we're going to support him on some of the things that they're going to have to do to work out the health care deal? i think there is a way to get there. we spend a fortune and a great amount of our intellectual commitment to make that bill not happen because we wanted a different bill that people could afford. >> vicky, tom there is talking about the health care bill. is this one of the issues that they will simply have to set aside, they'll greet to fix the issue with small business, the 1099 rule and beyond that agree to disagree? >> well, i think -- i don't have a crystal ball. i think the important thing there is that you see mr. donohue ready to work with the president. and in the same way with t
and the obama administration. here is his response to me. >> what are the one or two things you expect to be working with in the new administration? >> trade deals. the president has said on numerous occasions he wants to double exports. we'll support him on the export control rules. we'll support him on immigration. we're going to support him on some of the things that they're going to have to do to work out the health care deal? i think there is a way to get there. we spend a...
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obama's doing very well among the superaffluent. romney, the republicans are doing better among the working class voters who, according to romney, you know, resentments are being stoked by but more favorable than the republicans. >> one thing, i followed him on the campaign trail. mitt romney is an awkward man up close, just as he is on tv. he is wooden, and that's okay, can i rise to defend awkwardness and woodenness in politics? >> go right ahead. >> we had this debate in 2008 everyone wanted to know who's the better porn person to have with, mccain or obama. >> that's what politics is, right? it's marketing. and we're selling a television personality. >> it is. >> a product. >> i think it's important for them to relate to people. every once in a while i feel it's necessary to point out it's not important for how they're togoing to run the country. >> that's fair whether or not we should be having a drink or beer with the president. to point that mitt romney stokes this idea that he is out of touch by embracing policies that are n
obama's doing very well among the superaffluent. romney, the republicans are doing better among the working class voters who, according to romney, you know, resentments are being stoked by but more favorable than the republicans. >> one thing, i followed him on the campaign trail. mitt romney is an awkward man up close, just as he is on tv. he is wooden, and that's okay, can i rise to defend awkwardness and woodenness in politics? >> go right ahead. >> we had this debate in...
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criticism that president obama didn't go after entitlements and other things. during his appearance yesterday, boehner also asked about a focus group of iowa voters, several of them said they believe the president of the united states is muslim. however, boehner maintained the belief that americans have a right to think what they want. >> there was a -- something that caught my eye on fox news on the hannity program. a focus group and had an exchange with them. >> i believe that barack obama's religious beliefs do govern his foreign policy. >> what are his religious beliefs? >> i believe he's a muslim. >> you do? >> yes. >> how many of you believe that here? wow. you believe he's a muslim? >> yes. >> as the speaker of the house, as a leader, do you not think it's your responsibility to stand up to that kind of ignorance? >> david, it's not my i don't know to tell the american people want to think. our job in washington to listen to the american people. having said that, the state of hawaii said that he was born there. that's good enough for me. the president sa
criticism that president obama didn't go after entitlements and other things. during his appearance yesterday, boehner also asked about a focus group of iowa voters, several of them said they believe the president of the united states is muslim. however, boehner maintained the belief that americans have a right to think what they want. >> there was a -- something that caught my eye on fox news on the hannity program. a focus group and had an exchange with them. >> i believe that...
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are we beginning to see an obama doctrine? >> i think we are beginning to see an obama doctrine. i think it's less focused on humanitarian than we've worked together with our alleys and don't go charging off alone. but right now we're in this very uncomfortable transition where from what was sort of multilateralism for appearances to general multilatter ralism. it's announced by the french and even though most of the weapons are being fired by americans at the beginning in the first 48 hours, he didn't want to admit that. so hillary clinton referred to them, others, enforcing resolution 1973 from the security council rather than us being the ones who were taking the lead. so this is a change. >> it doesn't mean what you're doing is the right thing to do. >> that's right. >> so we go into libya, we're trying to protect the opposition, the rebels, citizens being slaughtered by gadhafi. why not do the same in yemen where 52 protesters were shot in the streets on friday, why not in bahrain where people were shot in the street? can you explain the selectism? >> well, i think the presi
are we beginning to see an obama doctrine? >> i think we are beginning to see an obama doctrine. i think it's less focused on humanitarian than we've worked together with our alleys and don't go charging off alone. but right now we're in this very uncomfortable transition where from what was sort of multilateralism for appearances to general multilatter ralism. it's announced by the french and even though most of the weapons are being fired by americans at the beginning in the first 48...
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president obama marks the end of the iraq war with those two words. >>> and casing of the colors. halfway around the world, u.s. troops prepare for their own farewell ceremony. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with the end of a long and painful era. a hisser to edge page is turning in iraq today, after nearly nine years and some 4500 lost lives. msnbc contributor colonel jack jacobs will be with us as we bring you live coverage from the end of baghdad for the end of mission ceremony. president obama and the first lady were at fort bragg, north carolina, paying tribute to our troops. all but around 150 u.s. service members will be out of iraq by the new year. kristen welker reports. >> hello, ft. bragg. >> reporter: appearing before a sea of members at ft. bragg, the president and the first lady marked a pivotal moment in the nash's history. after nine years in iraq, all the troops are returning. >> welcome home. welcome home. welcome home. >> reporter: the speech, a tribu
president obama marks the end of the iraq war with those two words. >>> and casing of the colors. halfway around the world, u.s. troops prepare for their own farewell ceremony. good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more are straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we begin this morning with the end of a long and painful era. a hisser to edge page is turning in iraq today, after nearly nine years and some 4500 lost lives. msnbc...